This is for my best friend, Miriam

Hello my beloved,

if you see this page, you will know that this will be my last present for you.

First things first, I just wanted to let you know that you are everything that has made my life complete and fun. With you, school has been terrific, and daily life became a must. 


I want to thank you for being my friend, my family and....my accomplice...(?).

-- "come to the dark side, I have cookies" --


Second of all, we've successfully left 2013 behind with tons of memories to remember, billions of fun stories to tell and infinite amount of fun like always.

~In my opinion, we can't just hold on to a memory by taking a photo, that's why I didn't put that many photos in here. Just the most beautiful ones :) ~

We've experienced throughout a year:

• what it's like to have a little brother,
• what it's like to eat Belgian waffles,
• what it's like to graduate from High School,
• what it's like to turn 20,
• what it's like to go to university,
• what it's like to move out,
• what it's like to party hard (which is what we do every year, aanyway),
• what it's like to be spontaneous,
• etc.

Third aspect,

I've found a few quotes which kinda happen to apply to our friendship, see what I got:

~Love me now, hate me never, we will stay best friends forever.~
~Friends know how to make you look beautiful, best friends know how to make you feel beautiful.~
~Dear best friend, always remember that after you fall down, I will pick you up. But after I finished laughing.~
~Life would be easier if we were gay.~ (hehe heh hehe :3)
~We'll be best friends forever, because you already know too much.~ (true...)
~I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.~(Sleeendermaan)

I have to say, that all of these quotes above are really nice...but they still don't express what I feel about you.
But I guess you know anyway because:
Wir bleiben Freunde bis nach dem Tod, und danach, und danach und danach und danach und danach......


I wanna finish this by saying once again: Merry Christmas to you, I hope you liked my presents, if not......aargh just shut up!

With lots of love, Loan

Rant: Get positive already

Moving forward after having a hard time, a bad day or just piled up stress is really difficult sometimes. Everyone has those moments and everyone hates them.

My way of releasing all negative energy is by talking about it with friends or family (those you trust who won't make fun of your problems) and then doing sports. Activity is the best way to distract yourself from boiling over and is also good for your body, in my opinion. 

I'm the kind of person who gets angry/frustrated/sad, then lets it out by screaming/beating/crying and then tries to get over with it really quick by doing sports, or meeting with friends or relax (! totally underrated in my opinion). After that session of overpowering myself, I'm just too fu**ing tired to even think about negative thoughts, emotional moments or whatever was on my mind. 
Silence is much appreciated!

Of course there are people who work it out differently than me but there are also people who just won't get over it! They keep their past within their present, repeat it over and over again. 

For what? Just to feel bad again, I suppose... because I can't see the reason why anyone would want to keep talking about bad moments, lost loves or false friends.

Pleeeeaaase don't drag others into all your negative emotions! I'm a person who can listen to problems and I truly want to help get the good mood back or at least comfort a person in any way possible because it hurts to see friends being hurt or desperate. I understand that people tend to remember the bad things (as a warning system to yourself) more than good things.

But I'm not your trash can of emotions. I too have problems but I don't neccessarily throw them all to you.

And you're (hopefully) not a repeat-button. You don't need to retell your sad time stories a trillion times. 

Be confident and hopeful about your future. Everything changes within seconds anyway. Maybe you will find a new love in the blink of an eye, maybe the things to make you happy lie just around the corner, maybe you've not yet met the right people to be true friends. or  

MAYBE YOU'RE OVERTHINKING......................which is often the case.

Life is too short to be worrying about such small stuff. Truly think about it. None of your worries are life-threatening, am I right?

On the other hand, life is so long, you still have time to experience lots of things. Enjoy everything. Make good memories.